Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

Hi :)
Thanks for those links.  Some useful information that does indeed contradict what i have previously 
heard about Base.  It makes me wonder about the accuracy of other information i have seen about 
Base in a variety of places.  No, of course i am not going to name names or divulge sources after 
the way i have been treated.  I will quietly ask a few people to see how the misunderstandings 
arose and see what they say about the links you just gave.  

More importantly it gives me enough confidence to try out Base myself at work to see if migration 
is possible after all.  Given that this is the first good news i have had about Base i still 
wouldn't recommend it to other people but it's obviously worth testing if there is enough time.  
For myself i will make time to test it.  
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Sat, 24/9/11, NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 24 September, 2011, 0:35

On 09/23/2011 06:55 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :) Lol.  Cor appears to be accusing me of being wrong but with no
> proof to support the accusation.  The only link he did give appears
> to bolster my assertions.  It appears to show a lot of work going
> into Calc and the other apps but none into Base.  Of course it is
> pure geek and difficult to understand but the few i clicked seemed to
> mention something about Calc and one mentioned wizards.  None
> mentioned Base.
>
> The other accusation Cor appears to make is that i have not provided
> the type of proof he wants, which is a bit hypocritical imo as there
> is no proof that my assertions were inaccurate or misleading at all.

He provided you with a link to query the work being done in LO on Base:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/
Enter 'dbaccess in the search window & you'll see the dev work on Base.
That results in:
<http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/?qt=grep&q=dbaccess>

Another is:
<http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/connectivity>

I'm not sure what others may be involved, but it is clear that there is
development work on Base in LO.

> I do know 1 person that has been trying to work on Base and a few
> people tell me there is another one but the work is not easy.

And that person is? It seems to me that there are several people working
on Base.

Disclaimer: I've just learned about
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/ as well and am still
working my way through it. However your continued FUD regarding Base &
advising new users on this list to stick to Access et al seems to be
just that: FUD. Before you continue posting the like, how about actually
trying to find out the facts?

> None of this is relevant to the original question and i think the
> time would be better spent helping people rather than wasting
> everyone else's time with this sort of nonsense so publicly.  It is
> possible to send emails to individuals off-list if you think they are
> wrong in some way. Regards from Tom :)

Actually time would be better spent assisting the user with Base rather
than making such statments as: "I would stay with Access for now.  There
is almost no-one working on Base so it's gradually getting worse as
regressions slip in." and "It's just that almost everyone avoids Base.
While Writer and Cal and the rest attract a LOT of devs they just avoid
Base.". If you can't back up those statements with fact, then they are
better left unsaid.

Gary Lee

> --- On Fri, 23/9/11, Cor Nouws <oolst@nouenoff.nl> wrote:
>
> From: Cor Nouws <oolst@nouenoff.nl> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users]
> Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date:
> Friday, 23 September, 2011, 13:58
>
> Tom Davies wrote (23-09-11 14:27)
> > Hi :( If you are familiar with those tools then i am sure you could
> > find an answer faster.
>
> Irrelevant. *You* make the statements - lots of well reading
> sentences that seem to make sense but may as well be tendentious or
> misleading.
>
> So if you do not give a solid ground to your statements, or even want
> to make real effort in trying to do so, then please stop making
> them.
>
>
> --  - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org
>
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